Bootable DivX

[kevinthenerd]

I gave up trying to get DivX running on my machine. It used to work fine under Windows 2000, so I know my hardware can do it.

I heard there was a bootable ISO I could download in order to play DivX movies under a thin operating system. I heard that I could boot off of one CD and insert a second containing the avi file, and it would just play.

Does anyone know anything about this?

 

[cnhoff]

There are some Linux distros like Movix, that boot into an mplayer gui. Check that one out, a friend of mine has built a vcr using an ITX-PC based on that one. You can find it on www.freshmeat.net (too lazy to do that url thing ;-)

 

[cnhoff]

http://freshmeat.net/projects/movix2/?topic_id=125

This one can even be run on a pc without hd, it's called movix2

 

[Auric]

I tried this awhile ago but sound hardware was limited and of course all the codecs are not functional under Linux.

 

[cnhoff]

That's not true...I haven't tried Movix, but mplayer under Suse uses a win32 codec pack, which derives from Nimo codec pack and has the same funcionality. The only formats i couldn't get to work are Quicktime (although it is supported) and of course .wmv.

 

[Auric]

Ah that's coo. But what soundcard/chip did you use? When I tried Movix it only supported Sound Blaster 16 era hardware I think, which while ubiquitous is not really pop with people who are into HT and such. Audigy was not supported. I have no idea about digital output support either. I just tried it on a lark anyway and did not really have any intention of using it at this point but it is interesting.

 

[Ronstang]

What kind of problems are you having with Divx? I built a special computer out of old parts that is only used to play Divx movies on any TV I plug it into and I have no problems getting the codecs and all software running, heck it even has a remote control so my ass can get bigger.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
What kind of problems are you having with Divx? I built a special computer out of old parts that is only used to play Divx movies on any TV I plug it into and I have no problems getting the codecs and all software running, heck it even has a remote control so my ass can get bigger.

Just out of curiosity, what are the specs of that machine?